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Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:24 pm**

Carlton Cooper, who played basketball at Texas from 1981-85, will be announced Tuesday as Texas A&M-Commerceâ€™s new athletic director.

He spent the past nine years as an assistant athletic director at Southern Methodist University.

Cooper was a high-leaping 6-foot, 3-inch wing player for the Longhorns whose fan-pleasing dunks were called â€œCoop hoops.â€ He led the team in scoring as a junior in 1983-84 with a 17.2 average, and was taken in the sixth round of the 1985 draft by the Dallas Mavericks.

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:25 pm**

Good for him. Sure is a nice guy.

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:21 am**

Carlton is a great guy, has a great wife and fun, smart daughter. I will miss him and hope that this is a good move for him.
Bye Hippie.

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:33 am**

If I'm not mistaken, I think he has TWO fun, smart daughters.

Congratulations, Coop. Best of luck!

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:09 pm**

I guess I have only had the honor of meeting one of them.

Double trouble. :wink:

Posted: **Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:18 pm**

Good for Him!

Actually, before I came to SMU, I spent my freshman year in Commerce on the East Texas State (what it was called back then) football team and really enjoyed my time there. It is a fun school and town and they definitely cater to the students and is a tight knit community. I am sure he will enjoy it in Commerce and will be a good move for him in the long run.

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:29 am**

Congrats to carlton, great guy! Hopefully he can turn it into a east texas powerhouse!

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:31 am**

Posted: **Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:03 pm**

LonghornFan68 wrote:

Damn I wish I had those moves. I would get all the ladies.

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Texas A&M - Commerce Names Carlton Cooper as AD

Texas A&M - Commerce Names Carlton Cooper as AD